Posted
by
kdawson
on Sunday January 10, 2010 @04:35AM
from the wipe-that-foam-off-your-mouth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that 'lifeless' organic substances with no genetic material — prions similar to those believed responsible for Mad Cow disease and similar, rare conditions in humans — are capable of evolving just like higher forms of life. The discovery could reshape the definition of life and have revolutionary impacts on how certain diseases are treated."

a failing one, a subspecies teanominus partius has evolved and is slowly choking out the main species. its sad beacuse teanominus partius cannot survive without the host species. We are watching evolution at work here people.